It has been more than two months at the dream job, which has been a experience in itself... right from travelling thru cab, then graduating to local, then bus finally on bike and at times in a friends car..... and shifting from floors at tulsiani chambers (from sixth, to seventh and now at the eighth) !!! not to forget about shuffling across sectors... textiles and metals... during day at work... !!
Day begins by seven thirty,... brush ur teeth, do other necessary, get rolling ...and ready by eight twenty, time by which i make sure am out of the flat.... it wud take anywhere from 18 t0 20mins drive in the mornign to reach nariman point (place where the office is). Its a joyful ride... which i love... along with the ipod which make it a pleasure... driving along the seaside with music banging your ears... was a dream, that i had since was a kid... and travelling at 80kmph with wind, music ....and a cool sea breeze.. is a pleasure and joy in itself.. !!!
So reach office by eight fourty five, have a daily morning meet at nine, one has to be updated about the daily updates in his or her sector, so i need to know everything that happend overnite over the sector under my coverage, else have to be ready to get screwed by someone.... and then one feel really embarassed about not knowing it... so to avoid it..with a cup of tea, take up BS,ET and Mint and scan through ... to survive the grilling of the sales team...and seniors at times !!
Nine fourty to ten, on to the desk... check mails incld. google alerts... daily updates, notes.. blah blah blah..... then... finally comes the much awaited breakfast... either vada or idli or poha or..... somethign... or other.. with the second tea of the day, the.. no. reaches.. 15 by end of day.. tea and coffe's coupled together,... midst of it.. phone rings trin tring.. ther comes in the boss,.... few client delieveries to be worked on... high priorites,... followed by .... RN, EU, iniating coverages..etc., not to forget wokring on excels... modifying current models,creating new ones, at times gets into a real pain ..., but its fun.. to do that... also, u get calls from fund managers and buy side analyst... who start quizzing you on either the sector or the reports that have landed in market against your name, questions can be as simple as gearing ratio, to ... a macro picture... of the sector, at times ask really weird ones, .. but njoi being on the other side of the desk, where some one is now doing DCP to me... As used to be in college where teachers were on the side where i m in rite now... and at times feel really happy to get calls from newspaper journalists like dna money where they ask about your views... but better SHUT up in front of them,... appreciating the fact, tis being too early... :-)
Lunch comes in at around 13 30 hrs, where nityam, Suchit (colleagues) and me meet over for lunch, a quick one in fact.... back on seat by 13 45 where in we discuss the market, few scrips...weekend plans... and anything and everything.... nityam a cool, calm guy.. whereas suchit is a hot potato, sits next to me, starts shouting on phone from 14 00 to 16 00.. with clients, friends (pintu) and what not, where in i get really pissed, and ask him to shut up not less than 10 times in a day,... but he lives in his own world... but, now he is moving to other brokerage house, with a hefty fat check and a new car.... !! so happy and sorry for that...Work goes on till evening, which lasts till 22 00 to 23 30.. when results are on, as like last few days,... but never feel bored or pissed....feel happy that am learning or knowing something new on everything that am workign on, which keeps me happy... and going.. with a great superior to work with, who encourages you.. verbally and drops u a sms appreciating your work !!
he appreciates the enthu with which i work, and helps keeps me loaded as on my request !!... so he is also happy and so am i...
Finally day ends at 22 or 23 00, there comes again the bike, with music.... , cruising anywhere from 80 to 90kmph is a bliss, starting from hilton, along the necklace, and then through peddar road, haji ali, novartis, atria flyover, worli naka..... passing zig zag between the cars and at times breaking the lanes and struggling to stop on signals, cruise back to the flat in 18-20 odd minutes... drive really rash in the night, somethign that shud not do, but a lot depends on the kind of music that ears hear and neurons get, more or less that(dancing neurons) controlls the speed of the bike,.. if its a john denver, 'living on a jet plane' then... go smooth at 75to80, whereas if its something like zombie, or some other rock... go zig zag, ... ekdum tom cruise way..!! risky it is but fun... !! love it...
Back home, roomies (subhashish & abhishake) waiting to go (till 23 30 in nite, really appreciate that, no words for it...) out dinner, have fud.. at nearby fud joints... most frequently visited being sadanand the sea food (near worli seaface), pulse (nr. prabhadevi chowk), 'udipi', summer park, subway...... tried everhting we could... at times, when reach home early, stroll on worli sea face, beautiful calm place it is... where u just sit back.. and stare at the white waves...crashing on to the rocks, with every hit... on the stone, making one realize of the perseverance that water has to pass through tthe crevice of the stone,...which is philosoply now, deviating i am.. !!love talking on phone while strolling at the sea face.... and on weekends reach there, with a magazine... and enjoy the cool breeze and the sun.... !!
Day ends around 12 05 to 30.... go to sleep, but still find eps, multiples, fccb and at times mosquitoes also... !! thou a 'good night' works now, which is good enuf to keep the latter away, but multiples.. and models keep on swinging... in brain also at night... i hope i dont talk about it in sleep, as used to be the case in college days... with hassan and amardeep complaining abt talking macro & fin in sleep... and engg. days... as santanu used to... waiting for that too happen !!
Thats how the day works for me,... truely speaking has been a dream run... for the two months at the brokerage house, .. i love the work.. and do it for i like it, thou at a pay cut !!!
Picture is taken from the place where i sit on eigth floor, tulsiani chambers.. just got to turn back.. and i get this beautiful view of arabian sea, often when i feel burned out, i just stare at the waves, which really help me rejuvineate myself... and makes me feel great... m lucky to get this corner near window seat... which i love .. !!
On Weekends !!
Weekends... friday, satuday nights freaking out.. is fun, last weeek had a party at liquid lounge, tis week it was at taj president... in a way its going great, good food and good company is all what can ask for on weekends, and am lucky to have both !! so its going great... Also a weekend never goes without a movie... and that too with either raghu or kassu... raghu (ex-patni mate), kassu
(ex spjain mate)... both cool dudes.. Last weeek managed to visit spjain... as had to collect a pay order... went with kassu, meet prof. sarcar (pic below) and prof. preeta george, had a long long chat with both of them... more than an hour with each...!! was cool fun,... talking with prof. sarcar about his views on metals, textiles, indian economy, .... a new and a different perspective.. he gave, but didnt argue... as didnt feel like... with preeta madam, was as usual.. macro, crr... and current state... where she gifted me a macro economics book, felt top of the world... on that... however, forgot to take her autograph on the same, will get it done nxt time when i visit her... latter....., went for die hard 4.0 at adlabs, andheri (w) with kassu dear... good movie, good company, good fun... moved to goregaon - the hub at around nineish... with raghu.. went for zodiac, prior to that had gud fud again.. !!, its fun to have a movie after good fud, feeling full,
he heee !!! believe me its really good, Zodiac, a good movie again, abt a serial killer, a good recommended watch in fact... reached flat at around 1 30 in morning, slept sletp slept.. awake at 11 00.. rush back to the flat in worli, quick bath and small snap..., and then rush to office around four to work.... came back.. little early.... strolled a the seaface, had dinner with malpani (spjain mate) at pulse, discussed again a few scrips, with potential high upside.. adn sector... nice talking to him... full gyan... and fun...came back .. ran through newspapers BT, mint and ET... gud reading.. njoi readin it....and then went to sleep, didnt realize two days just passed by.
Moreover, last few weeks after coming to bombay have been jumping across pune, baroda and chennai... which is fun.... ... !!! one of the weekends had a 250km bike journy from pune to bombay, where by mistake reached JNPT, instead of vashi... and that is how it became 250km instead of 200kms.. as shud be... which was in heavy wind & rain through khandala pass. awesome it was... !! life mai kuch to ho raha hai!!
